Rüdiger Safranski
Author of Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography
About the Author
Rudiger Safranski, a freelance writer living in Berlin, is the author of Schopenhauer and the Wild Years of Philosophy (Harvard).
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Works by Rüdiger Safranski
Nietzsche für Zeitgenossen: "Wo immer ich gehe, folgt mir ein Hund namens Ego" (2002) — Editor — 4 copies
Vreme 1 copy
Zlo ili drama slobode 1 copy
Nietzsche 1 copy
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- Safranski, Rüdiger
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SAFRANSKI, Ruediger
SAFRANSKI, Rudiger - Birthdate
- 1945-01-01
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Rottweil, Germany
- Places of residence
- Rottweil, Germany (birth)
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Badenweiler, Germany - Education
- Goethe University, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
Freie Universität Berlin - Occupations
- philosopher
author - Organizations
- Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
- Awards and honors
- Ludwig-Börne-Preis (2017)
Literaturpreis der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (2014)
WELT-Literaturpreis (2006) - Short biography
- Safranski, RüdigerRüdiger Safranski, geboren 1945, studierte Germanistik, Philosophie, Geschichte und Kunstgeschichte und arbeitete danach als Wissenschaftlicher Assistent am Fachbereich Germanistik der Freien Universität Berlin und in der Erwachsenenbildung. Seit 1985 ist er als freier Autor tätig, dessen Werke mittlerweile in 26 Sprachen übersetzt sind. Er wurde mit dem Friedrich-Märker-Preis, dem Ernst-Robert-Curtius-Preis für Essayistik und dem Friedrich-Nietzsche-Preis ausgezeichnet.
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Nietzsche - Biografia de uma tragedia by Rüdiger Safranski
Uma biografia da vida e do pensamento do filósofo mais popular do Ocidente. O homem que apenas com a força de suas palavras é capaz de provocar transformações na vida de quem as lê. E não é para menos. Nietzsche levou a filosofia aonde ela nunca tinha chegado antes. Passou um rolo compressor nos próprios conceitos de verdade e de conhecimento. E até na forma foi revolucionário: com ele, a linguagem filosófica se aproximou da poesia e da literatura. Essa magistral biografia feita por um dos mais eminentes filósofos do mundo, o alemão Rüdiger Safranski, acompanha não só a vida, mas também o pensamento de Friedrich Nietzsche. A linguagem é acessível e envolvente, e sem simplicações. O resultado é um livro que acaba sendo lido tal qual os livros de Nietzsche.… (more)
Nietzsche is one of those philosophers that you don't just pick up and read and digest and move on. Really you have to wrestle with his ideas over the course of your life. The young and ambitious are attracted to his ideas about rebellion - I think most people, at some point in their lives, view themselves as "exceptional" . . . while the older and experienced readers might be attracted to some of the more of the cynical side of N.'s writing.
This biography illuminates some of his more difficult or obtuse concepts, but I think Nietzsche really defies easy summarizing. Because he can be very indirect(but also one of the most literary and poetic of philosophers), you really have to kind of immerse yourself in his worldview to come out with a coherent set of ideas. That kind of immersion is impossible with this kind of "philosophical biography". Thanks for reading.… (more)
This biography illuminates some of his more difficult or obtuse concepts, but I think Nietzsche really defies easy summarizing. Because he can be very indirect(but also one of the most literary and poetic of philosophers), you really have to kind of immerse yourself in his worldview to come out with a coherent set of ideas. That kind of immersion is impossible with this kind of "philosophical biography". Thanks for reading.… (more)
Ein sehr (beinahe zu) genauer Abriss der Romantischne Epoche und deren weitere Auswirkungen.
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Mühsam zu lesen...
A critical reappraisal of Nietzsche's thought and its relation to his life. This is a worthy addition to the shelves of Nietzsche criticism and exegesis.
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